Momentous!

Man, one momentous day after another! But this one takes the cake!

So, Jena and I cleaned the church this morning and then drove over to Wailea to run the path- today is the beginning of our running regimate! (or is it regime?) So, we run and run and run and run...when on the way back, passing the Grand Wailea (the most beautiful hotel in the whole world), Jena hears "paparazzi in the lobby"- knowing how she loves celebrities and her People magazine, I ask her if she wants to go check it out- and of course we do! We walk up to the lobby (actually we got there by elevator) and see all this filming attire, along with THE camera- and then notice the sign says "Do not go past this point. Filming in process" Jena asks the guard if they are filming the big movie (there's one coming out with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston about a trip they take to Maui) and he says yes. Then he tells us if we go to the other side, we can see better! haha He was local- of course he gave us the bro deal ;)
Jena and I walk over quickly with such excitement. We hear "Action!" and then all of a sudden we see Adam and Jennifer walk into the lobby with their flower leis on, and their supposedly 3 children. We notice all the extras walking in the background, of course with their hawaiian attire. Ah! So fun! Jena couldn't believe it was Jennifer Aniston until we saw her do her "Jenniferisms" and we knew! We overheard the guard talking with the guests, and then realized everyone was going to take a lunch break. Well, that was fun! So we start to walk to the elevator, when a stampede of extras start going there as well- in haste, we followed a couple down the stairs to avoid the mob. They got off on level 3, so we kept going down until we got to the bottom floor to get back to our running. We open the door, and unbeknownst to me Jena is standing there wide-eyesd, when a man in a blue shirt comes walking up to us and says "Hello"- it was Adam Sandler! Yes, let's take a deep breathe and read that line again- Adam Sandler said hello to us! And he sounded just like he does in movies- I was so taken back I simply said "Oh! Hello!" We watched him walk down the hall, and then turning to go out the security man gave us the stink eye so I said "Oh yes, we're leaving now! Just leaving..."

What fun! Jena is now motivated to go running every morning! haha They're here in Maui filming for 7-8 weeks. (So madre and papa- and J- you will all be here when they are!) It was just fun- Jena and I celebrated by getting ourselves some "bubbly" as she calls it at Safeway! haha- our new fave: Sparkling Water beverage- mine even has calcium in it! (I'm not sure how though...)

Oh yes, just another day in paradise ;)

On a serious note though, Curt Franks, our director of finances at church, just found out that he has a brain tumor- or two. He's in Oahu right now and will have surgery tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm- please be praying for him and his family, esp. his wife Patty. Curt is doing okay, but I think Patty is pretty shaken. "The Lord gives and takes away, but blessed be the name of the Lord"